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WORLD HISTORICAL MEDALS Italy, Paolo Giovio (?), a satirical bronze medal, perhaps c.1550, unsigned, bust left, reverse head of a phallic satyr left, no legends, 42mm (Gaetani, Mus. Mazzuchellium I, pl.lxii, 3; cf. Waddington, The Medal, p.13 and fig. 4). An aftercast of average quality, fine and rare (£40-60)

Paolo Giovio, aka Paulus Jovius, historian, biographer and art collector; the attribution to him is uncertain. Sold with photocopy of the article by Waddington from an early issue of The Medal